Zinwell holds at least one confirmed MA-L block — 00:05:9E (about 16.8 million addresses) — registered as "Zinwell Corporation" in Taiwan (Taichung/Hsinchu; HQ Taiwan), and may hold more, with the exact total still to confirm. These OUIs appear on satellite receivers and LNBs, set-top boxes, broadband gateways, MoCA/coax adapters, and RF devices. Zinwell was founded in 1981 and operates as a satellite, STB, MoCA, and broadband-CPE ODM. The key analyst point combines the ODM "OUI ≠ brand" pattern with an operator-supplied-gear angle: the device is often sold under another brand or as operator-supplied gear, and Zinwell's niche is satellite/RF and MoCA-over-coax. For triage, a Zinwell OUI (00:05:9E) often indicates a coax/MoCA bridge or set-top box rather than a standalone router.
- IEEE assignment
- ≥1 prefix → "Zinwell Corporation" (00:05:9E); may hold more, exact total to confirm [Likely] — IEEE MA-L (cleancss IEEE-sourced)
- Registry / block size
- MA-L; at least 1 block (~16.8M); count to confirm [Likely] — maclookup.app/cleancss (IEEE-sourced)
- HQ / country
- Taiwan (Taichung/Hsinchu; HQ Taiwan); exact IEEE on-file address to confirm [Likely] — corporate
- Company status
- active; founded 1981; satellite/STB/MoCA/broadband CPE ODM [Confirmed] — zoominfo.com, PitchBook
- Device types
- satellite receivers/LNBs, set-top boxes, broadband gateways, MoCA/coax adapters, RF devices [Confirmed] — corporate
- Notable products
- satellite receivers/LNBs, set-top boxes, MoCA/coax adapters
- Verified prefix
- 00:05:9E (MA-L) [Confirmed] — cleancss (IEEE-sourced)
- Special note
- ODM "OUI ≠ brand" + operator-supplied-gear angle. Zinwell's niche is satellite/RF and MoCA-over-coax. The IEEE registry publishes no assignment dates, so none is stated here. [Confirmed]
- Related vendors
- operator/ISP suppliers in the STB/MoCA space
- Analyst note
- A Zinwell OUI (00:05:9E) is an ODM/operator-supplied signal — often a coax/MoCA bridge or set-top box rather than a standalone router.